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there were no such instructions in my kit, actually there were no instructions at all just the kit in a nice box, the mud shields were in perfect conditions. the seals were fitted as they should be and as i said this leaking issue continues with new standard hardy spicer shafts too:mad:
O. I received an A4 sheet of paper with instructions for installation.Quote:
Originally Posted by sierrafery
If, the issue is caused by the inner diameter of the oil seal being too small, as per EvilGTV's post above, then regardless of what brand shafts you use the issue will occur as the oil seals seal on the shield part, not the shaft, which are the same for all.
I am going to try to get ahold of these NAK brand seals and test for myself.
i'll dig out my caliper then ;)... i bought the kit in 2001, maybe they've got some feedback and put instructions after that.... it's quite unfair imo to not put those mud shields from factory at that price :(... speaking about that, my mechanic was continuosly complaining that the seals seem thicker than they need to be and they rub against the mudshields even on the new standard shafts.... he tapped back a bit the shield on the RH side and it seems the leak is almost gone there... i'm programmed next week to him again for seal replacement and he'll do that both sides and we'll see.
Not sure what exactly you mean about rubbing against the mudshield.Quote:
Originally Posted by sierrafery
There are three lips/sealing points on these seals - see my post #12 for details. The largest seal lip should be touching the shield in order to seal out any dirt/dust and avoid it from being able to get past and cause damage/wear on the seal.
The smallest seal lip seals on the collar of the shield.
believe me m8, i know exacly how those selas are cos i've seen them quite a lot lately, especially when they looked like chewed by a crocodile:D ... what i meant was that the seal seemed too thick and there was too much pressure between it and the mudshield ...like the shield pushed on the seal too hard into the axle if you see what i mean...sorry i cant explain better in english...since my mechanic tapped out(toward the joint) 1mm the right shield that seal seem to behave better
That makes sense.
Part number on the NAK seals I have is SG9AYW2. Unfortunately I don't know that it's going to help much, I just quickly googled and got absolutely zero....
I'm not too surprised that you have a few aftermarket seals that measure up too small - I suspect they'll have been copied off (or come out of the same factory as) the genuine seal which is now wrong.... Something obviously went screwy with the dimensions when they moved production to India.
those which came to me when i ordered genuine were in corteco box with LR badge and after that i ordered corteco from dedicated seal dealer an they were the same, it's the only cross refference number i found for FTC4822 and it seems it has 35mm inner diameter -> CORTECO 15034858B :confused:
found another one part nr 452 29006 613
Any chance of pictures of the text on the seals themselves and the packaging that they are in?Quote:
Originally Posted by EvilGTV
Is the packaging NAK branded?
I contacted NAK Australia < http://www.nak.com.au/files/content.php'sec=contact > today and they advise that it is not an NAK part number...
I contacted Ritter < http://ritter.com.au/contact-the-tea...ver-questions/ >, they don't know what brand there's are. But when I quoted the genuine part number (FTC 4822) the guy stated to me straight away that they do not carry the genuine ones as they leak, they only have aftermarket ones. I asked if they were NAK Brand. He went and got them off the shelf and said that there is no brand markings on them. He stated that there's do not leak, so I ordered them anyways, I need to try something different to stop the leak...